Spring bed or seat.



I. E. PALMER.

SPRING BED 0R SEAT.

APILIOATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1908.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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APPLIGATIION FILED S }3PT.18, 190a.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN,UONNECTI(UT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E. PALMER 00., 0F MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

SPRING BED OR SEAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Spring Beds or Seats, of which the following description, in connecrepresenting like parts. I This invention relates to spring supports which may be used as a spring bed or-{seat of general application, or may be used as a frame independent of a hammock body, butadapted to be engaged therewith to detershown in Fig. 4, has an eye 6' and a loopedportion 7 terminating in a point 8 to penemine the form thereof when suspended.

' In order that the principles of my invention may be readily understood, I have'disclosed a single type or embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, .wherein Figure 1 is a plan View of a portion of a spring support embodying one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sec tional View upon the line 2 1-2 of Fig. 1;-

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of another form of spring. support embodying my' invention; Fig. 4 is a detail of a hook em ployed in connectionwith myinvention; Fig. 5 is a detail View of a portion ofa modified form of my invention; and Fig.6 is'a plan view of a form of my invention em: ploying interlaced cords. The frame forming a part of my invention ispreferably composed of longitudi nal or side members 11 and end 111cm bers 22 connected thereto in any suitable manner. The said frame may be constructed of any suitablematerial, but preferably of wood. Although the invention is of' eneral application and may be employed 1n connection wlth beds or other devices to afford a suitable support or seat, it-ma'y also 28, 1908. In the event that the invention is employed in connection with hammocks, the end members of the frame are preferably provided with cross bars or bearings spaced ",from and connected to the frame by corner brackets or otherwise as more fully disclosed j in theisaid application.

Any suitable support or seating may-be employed 1n connection with the frame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apia-1 .9 1191141 Application filed September 18, 1908. Serial No. 453,576.

Herein I have represented a seating of tBX- tile material both in woven form and formed from an interlaced cord or cords and also one of wirenett-ing, but it will be understood that any desirable material may' be utilized for this purpose, as, for example, such as shown in Figs. 4 and 11 of my application Serial No. 423,914, filed March 28,

1908. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, I have indicated a wire netting support Intermediate the edges thereof and preferably both the end and side members of the frame are a suitable number of springs 4 preferably connected to the-w renettlng by hooks 5 each of which as more clearlytrate the support 3, as indicated in Fig. 1. In theevent that I employ wire netting, I find in practice'thatit is unnecessary to' employfa spreader inserted in or attached to the edgesof'the; material, but the same may be employed if desired. Tcontemplate connecting the springs 4 either tot-he support or seating or to theLfra-me insuch manner as to permit the adjustment of the springs, preferably without disconnecting them, so that any. undesirable slackness that may occur in the use of the invention may be readily taken up. In the form of the inventionrlis closed in Fig. 1, this is' accomplished by providing a T rail 9 along both sides and ends of the frame to which the ends of the springs 4fa'resuitably connected to the frame by screws 10L While in Fig. 1 I have represented the side springs as inclined and the other springs as normal to the edge of the T rail, it will be'understood that in either so I case the springs may be arranged as desired.

Instead of employing the-rail or rails, the seat may be supportedas shown in other figures. I

Fig. 3, I have represented a textile seating or support 11, thong-hit will he understood In the form of the invention illustrated in i that a wire netting or other suitable supv port may be employed. Preferably-fin; the

event of the use of a woven or otherfteritile. support, spreader rods 12 areemployed lo} cated within suitable hens--13. S )ri'ngs 14 are connected in suitable manner permitting adjustment thereof with respect tothe sup port or seating and the frame and in this form of the invention at one end by hooks 5 penetrating the seating as disclosed more fully in Fig. 4, and at the other end by prefbeing adjusted in the manner already deerably bent tightening plate links with scribed. If transverse strands be provided,

holes in the ends whereof the springs are engaged. The said plate links are adjustably connected with the members of the frame by screws 16 passing through centrally arranged holes therein.

In the form of the invention represented in Fig. 5, the springs 17 connecting the members of the frame with the support or seating are positioned normal to that member to which they are connected and preferably in pairs'as'clearly indicated, in which event both members of a pair of springs are connected at one end in any suitable manner to the seating, as by passing the looped ends of the springs through the material thereof and at the other end to plate links 18 ad justably connected b screws 19 to the frame. It is apparent that, in the form of the in vention shown in Fig. 5, the inner ends of the springs may be connected to the support .or seating by hooks 5. If desired, the

springs in the various forms of the invention may be arranged at equal distances apart, or they may be arranged at unequal distances, as, for example, more closely ator toward the middle of the end or side members. In Fig. 5, I have represented the springs as more closely arranged at thehniddle portion of the end member.

While in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, I have represented'coil springs, it will-be understood that any suitable type of spring may be employed.

In Fig. 6, I have shown a form of my in vention wherein a' seating of interlaced strands, preferably cords, is provided, means being also provided for taking up'slack in the strands or adjusting the tension thereof as may be required. lVhile in said figure I have shown the type of adjustment represcnted inFig. 3, it will be understood that any suitable adjusting means may be provided. Preferably both longitudinal and transverse strands may be provided, though in certain types of my invention. either may be found sufiicient. In said Fig. 6 I have represented a longitudinal strand, preferably a cord 24, extending from afixed eye 25 at one end of the frame to an eye 26 at the other end, the eye 26 being yieldingly supported by thcsprings 27, the tension of which may be adjusted in the manner already described in connection with F ig. 3.

From the eye 26 the cord 24 is returned to a second fixed eye 25 and passes thence to a second yieldingly supported eye 26, the cord being passed back and forth to the desired extent. Preferably ,a strand 28 is connected at one end to the fixed eye 29at the end of the frame opposite the fixed eye 25 and to the eye yieldingly supported by the springs 31, the strand belng passed back and forth ttxthcdesired extent, and the tension I preferably employ a similar construction.

As shown, the strand 32 passes-back and (and the yieldingly supported eyes 34 at the opposite side, and the strand 35 passes back and forth betweenthe. fixed eyes .36 at one side and the yieldingly supported eyes 37 at the opposite side. Although one or more of the-cords or strands may be yieldingly supported at both sides or ends of the frame, I prefer .to support each of them fixedly at one side. or end of the frame to prevent chafing of the strand in the eyes.

Having thus described one type orembodiment of myinvention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of linr itat'ion, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

. Claims. I

1. "A spring bed or seat comprising in combination a frame composed of longitudinal and end members, a seating therefor, hooks engaging an edge or edges of said seating, springs connected to said hooks,

plate links to which said. springs-are directly connected, and screws directly connecting said plate links to said frame.

2. A spring bed or seat comprising in combination a frame composed of longitudinal and end members, a seating therefor,

hooks engaging an edge or edges of said seating, springs connected to said hooks, perforated plate links to perforations in which said sprmgs are connected, and adjusting, holding screws. also passing through perforations in said plate links and directly engaging the frame and adjustably securing them thereto.

3. A. spring bed or seat comprising in combination a frame composed of longitudinal and end members, a seating therefor, springs arranged in pairs and connected to an edge or edges of said seating, plate links to which an end of each member of a pair of said springs is directly-connected, and screws directly engaging said links and directly engaging the frame and adjustably securing them thereto.

4. A spring bed or seat comprising in combination a. frame composed of longitudinal and end members, a seating therefor, springs arranged in pairs, the members of each pair being inclined toward each other, common means for connecting the imier ends of members of adjacent pairs of said springs to the seating, and means for. adjustably connecting the outer ends of said inclined springs to the said frame.

5. A spring bed or seat comprising in combination a frame composed of longitudinal and end. members, a seating therefor,

esaaao plate links having opposite ends inclined toward the seating, inclined springs arranged in pairs and directly connected to the said inclined ends of said plate links and also. connected to said seating, and adjusting screws passing through said plate links an I directly securing them to the frame.-

6. A spring bed orseat comprisingfi'n combination a frame composed of longitudi' nal and end members, a seating therefor, springs arran ed in pairs and connected-t0 said seating, .t e members of each pair being inclined toward each other, a single plate link to .Whiph the outer endsof the members of'each pair of springs are connected, the ends of said plate links being inclined in substantially the plane of inclination of saidsprings, and adjusting screws passing through said plate links and screwing them to said frame.

7. A spring bed 'or seat' comprising in combination a frame composed of longitudinal and end members, a seating therefor, springs arranged in pairs, the members of each pair inclining towardeach other out wardly, a single plate link to which the outer ends of each pair of springs is connected, a screw directly connecting each plate link and the frame,'and hooks engaging the seating and to which'the'innerends of adjacent members of adjacent pairs of said springs are connected. v

In testimony whereof, I have my name to-this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesecs.

. ISAAC E. PALMER.

Witnesses:

FRED. E. F owLnR, CI-IAs. M. LAUER. 

